MAL-2025-965

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/reqesst/MAL-2025-965.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-965
Published
2024-12-24T18:09:49Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:56:18.377982Z
Summary
Malicious code in reqesst (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (8e4a4682ad923d5e0f2e444487e5f42a4bae8d753ecd747f7b652e407f5cc32f)

Importing the module downloads and starts an infostealer attempting to exfiltrate data and establishing persistence through autorun directory.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2024-12-reqesst

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • peristence-autorun

  • typosquatting

  • exfiltration-generic

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • clones-real-package

  • dependency-confusion

  • exfiltration-browser-data

  • exfiltration-crypto

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "2.32.3"
            ],
            "sha256": "d94c3bdb37d37ea8180aa42f88fa5a3c84db9303bd1546c737afd16a08c1e12c",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:07:45Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-00506",
            "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:08.378003336Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "c8786d007c3e5cd893c74f360b9a48ed27a2b7ac293f41ea13c215927377d08f",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqesst",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.529290772Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "8e4a4682ad923d5e0f2e444487e5f42a4bae8d753ecd747f7b652e407f5cc32f",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqesst",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.566629349Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "2.32.3"
            ],
            "sha256": "c928201f9561558642a7b86acbd315fd4da2eba4e7189f38336daa138a284d58",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqesst",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.77516697Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "419caeccba0c55f6ee477c131628a23ae84692d37e628ecb80ddabf59db9f248",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:18:06Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00694",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:21.367991053Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d4ftoxxvovr12f4tjh0mc/H7Glqp2Vy.exe?rlkey=z323u7r1ipm2tegn2dqlqzv9l&st=9gg48qpa&dl=1"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / reqesst

Package

Name
reqesst
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Purl
pkg:pypi/reqesst

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.32.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/reqesst/MAL-2025-965.json"